(heraldry) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abase
abated
abated
adj
(decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abate
abdest
abdest
noun
(Islam) The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.
abdiel
abduce
abduce
verb
(transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
abedge
abends
abends
noun
plural of abend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abend
abided
abider
abider
noun
(obsolete) One who abides, or continues.
One who dwells or stays; a resident.
abides
abides
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abide
ablend
ablude
ablude
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be unlike; to differ.
aboded
aboded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abode
abodes
abodes
noun
plural of abode
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abode
abrade
abrade
verb
(intransitive) To undergo abrasion.
(transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid
(transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
(transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe.
(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.
(transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.
abreed
abreed
Adverb
Abroad. 1976
abreid
abused
abused
adj
(obsolete) Deluded, deceived.
Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
Overused; used profligately or in excess.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abuse
adabel
adobes
adobes
noun
plural of adobe
adverb
adverb
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
(modifying a verb)
(programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
verb
(rare) To make into or become an adverb.
albedo
albedo
noun
(alchemy) One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
(botany) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
(physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
ambled
ambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amble
amebid
ardebs
ardebs
noun
plural of ardeb
aubade
aubade
noun
(music) A concert held at dawn or in the morning, especially outdoors.
(music, poetry) A poem or song evoking or greeting the dawn or early morning.
(music, specifically) A morning love song, or a song of lovers parting in the morning.
babied
babied
adj
Spoiled or coddled.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baby
bached
bached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bach
backed
backed
adj
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
(in combination) Having specified type of backing.
(obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of back
badaxe
badder
badder
adj
(nonstandard or obsolete) comparative form of bad: more bad.
baddie
baddie
noun
(informal) A person of bad character, especially in a work of fiction.
(neologism, slang) An attractive, confident woman, especially one who is a social media influencer.
badged
badged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badge
badger
badger
noun
(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
verb
To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
badges
badges
noun
plural of badge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badge
badmen
badmen
noun
plural of badman
baffed
baffed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baff
bagged
bagged
adj
(colloquial) Having been caught or successfully hunted.
Having been placed in a bag.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bag
bailed
bailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bail
baited
baited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bait
baized
baized
adj
Covered with baize.
balded
balded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bald
balden
balden
verb
(intransitive) To become bald
(transitive) To make bald
balder
balder
adj
comparative form of bald: more bald
baldie
baldie
noun
(birdwatching, slang) The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
(informal, often derogatory) Somebody who is bald.
(slang) A fish, the baldchin groper.
balked
balked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balk
balled
balled
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind or number of balls.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ball
bammed
bammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bam
banded
banded
adj
Divided into bands.
Marked with bands of colour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of band
bandel
bander
bander
noun
(birdwatching) Someone who bands birds
A device for putting metal bands around crates.
bandie
bandle
bandle
noun
An Irish measure of two feet in length.
banged
banged
adj
Alternative form of bhanged
Having the hair styled in bangs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bang
banked
banked
adj
Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
Piled high.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bank
banned
banned
adj
Forbidden; not allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ban
barbed
barbed
adj
(heraldry) Bearded (also applied to roses, referring to the leaves between the petals).
(of a horse) Accoutered with defensive armor; barded.
(Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.
barfed
barfed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barf
barged
barged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barge
barked
barked
adj
(in combination) Having the specified kind of bark.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bark
barred
barred
adj
Having bars; striped.
Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of barr
simple past tense and past participle of bar
bashed
bashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bash
basked
basked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bask
basted
basted
adj
Having been cooked by basting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baste
bathed
bathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bath
simple past tense and past participle of bathe
batted
batted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bat
bawled
bawled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bawl
beaded
beaded
adj
Having formed in beads or a bead-like shape.
Made from, or decorated with, beads.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bead
beader
beader
noun
One who makes decorative beading.
beadle
beadle
noun
(Scotland, ecclesiastic) An attendant to the minister.
A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
A warrant officer.
beaked
beaked
adj
(often in combination) Having a beak.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beak
beamed
beamed
adj
Furnished with beams or timbers.
Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beam
beaned
beaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bean
beards
beards
noun
plural of beard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beard
beardy
beardy
adj
Bearded.
Manly, masculine.
noun
A bearded collie.
A bearded dragon.
A bearded person; used to identify members of a group or class who can be identified by the wearing of beards.
A bearded reedling.
Any of several kinds of fish; a loach.
beared
beared
verb
(finance) simple past tense and past participle of bear (acted as a bear, depressed the price of)
(nonstandard, proscribed) simple past tense and past participle of bear (carried, tolerated etc.)
beaued
bebled
bebled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bebleed
becard
becard
noun
A South American flycatcher of the genus Pachyramphus
becked
becked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beck
beclad
beclad
adj
Clothed about; clad.
bedaff
bedaff
verb
(transitive) To befool; make a fool of.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To confound or stupefy.
bedamn
bedamn
verb
(transitive) To damn or curse roundly or with iteration and emphasis; damn all over.
bedamp
bedamp
verb
(transitive) To cover with dampness; make damp; dampen.
bedare
bedare
verb
(transitive) To defy.
bedark
bedark
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To darken.
bedash
bedash
verb
To bespatter with liquid or powder.
To dash against.
To ruin or obliterate.
bedaub
bedaub
verb
(transitive) To ornament garishly; to overdecorate.
(transitive) To smear upon; to soil.
bedawn
bedaze
bedaze
verb
(transitive) To cause to become dazed.
bedbug
bedbug
noun
A small nocturnal insect (Cimex lectularius), of the family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and other warm-blooded hosts.
bedcap
bedded
bedded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bed
bedder
bedder
noun
(Cambridge University slang) Contraction of bedmaker; a housekeeper or domestic cleaner (historically a domestic servant), generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Cambridge University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern scout at Oxford University..
(in combination, informal) A property with a specified number of bedrooms.
Agent noun of bed; one who beds.
bedead
bedeaf
bedebt
bedeck
bedeck
verb
(transitive) To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.
bedeen
bedeen
adv
(obsolete) As a single unit or body; together.
(obsolete) Immediately; forthwith; quickly; straightway; anon; soon; early on; by and by.
(obsolete) In order; one after another; in single file.
bedell
bedell
noun
Obsolete spelling of beadle, still in use for ceremonial officials at certain universities
bedels
bedels
noun
plural of bedel
bedene
bedews
bedews
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedew
bedias
bedims
bedims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedim
bedirt
bedirt
verb
(transitive) To cover or defile with dirt.
bedkey
bedkey
noun
An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead.
bedlam
bedlam
noun
(obsolete) A lunatic asylum; a madhouse.
(obsolete) An insane person; a lunatic; a madman.
A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
bedlar
bedman
bedolt
bedote
bedown
bedoyo
bedpad
bedpan
bedpan
noun
A pan used for urination and defecation while in bed, now usually for reasons of medical necessity or convenience.
bedral
bedrel
bedrel
adj
(rare, obsolete) Bedridden.
noun
(UK dialectal) A bedridden person; a helpless cripple.
bedrid
bedrid
adj
(obsolete) Bedridden.
bedrip
bedrip
noun
(UK dialectal) A band of harvesters.
(UK dialectal) A crowd.
verb
(intransitive) To drip about or all over; drip onto (something).
bedrop
bedrop
verb
(archaic) To cover with drops; to splash or spatter.
bedrug
bedrug
verb
(transitive) To drug abundantly or excessively.
bedsit
bedsit
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.
beduck
beduck
verb
(transitive) To duck or immerse thoroughly; submerge.
beduin
beduke
beduke
verb
(reflexive) To behave or dress as a duke.
(transitive) To make a duke.
bedull
bedumb
bedumb
verb
(transitive) To make or render dumb, or mute.
bedung
bedung
verb
(transitive) To cover with dung or manure.
(transitive, sometimes figuratively) To bedaub or defile.
bedusk
bedust
bedust
verb
(archaic) To cover with dust.
bedway
beedom
beedom
Noun
The state or essence of being a bee.
beedon
beefed
beefed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beef
beeped
beeped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beep
befind
befind
verb
(passive, obsolete) To be found; be.
(transitive, archaic) To find; discover.
(transitive, obsolete) To invent; contrive.
begaud
begaud
verb
(transitive, rare) To make gaudy.
begged
begged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beg
begild
begild
verb
(transitive) To gild; to cover with gold.
begird
begird
verb
(transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird.
(transitive, archaic) To encircle, surround, as with a gird; enclose; encompass.
beglad
begoud
behead
behead
verb
(transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
beheld
beheld
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behold
behind
behind
adj
(of a watch or clock) Slow.
Not advanced to the required or expected degree; overdue or in arrears.
adv
(archaic) Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
At or in the rear or back part of something.
Backward in time or order of succession; past.
Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
In a rearward direction.
So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
noun
(Australian rules football) A one-point score.
(baseball, slang, 1800s) The catcher.
(informal) The buttocks, bottom, butt.
In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
The rear, back-end.
prep
(figuratively) Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
(figuratively) In the past, from the viewpoint of.
(nonstandard, US, slang) As a result or consequence of.
After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
After in physical progress or distance.
After in time.
At or to the back or far side of.
Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
behold
behold
intj
lo!
look, a call of attention to something
verb
(intransitive) To look.
To contemplate (someone or something).
To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.